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True although I'm not so sure the power has been abused much in the past.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Barack_Obama
Obama was big into pardoning people of reformed character convicted of drug offences facing life in jail.
Why do the presidential pardons even exist? Seems ripe for a bit of corruption.